Glove.



PATENTED- MAR.' 21, 1905. H. URWIGK.,

UNTTED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

HENRY URWIOK, OF WORCESTER, ENGLAND.

GLOVE.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,190, dated March21, 1905.

Application led February 1'7, 1904. Serial No4 194,034.

T0 all whom t 11m/y concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY URWICK, glove manufacturer, a subject of theKing of Great Britain, residing at Talbot street, Worcester, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to gloves made partlyor wholly of material whichis liable to stretch lengthwise as Well as to Width; and its object isto cause such gloves to retain their shape and make them fit snugly tothe hand without impeding the free-dom of movement of the fingers andknuckles and to facilitate the drawing of the glove onto the hand. Forthis purpose strips of comparatively inextensible material are appliedto the outside of the glove and are sewed to it along the longitudinaledges of the strips. Such strips extend from between the fingers to theWrist. A wristband of firm material is used in connection with thelongitudinal strips, Which latter may be sewed to the edge or passunderneath the Wristband. In this Way the glove is held firmly on thehand at the Wrist and the longitudinal strips are supported so that theycannot move outwardly While the Wristband is fastened. In gloves madeWhollyT of stretchable material longitudinal strips are provided both onthe back and on the palm of the glove and pass between the fingers; butin gloves of which only the backs are made of stretchable material thestrips are preferably only provided on that side; but they also passbetween the fingers and are attached at the front base of the lingers tothe more solid material of which the palm side of the glove is composed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front View, and Fig. 2 a back view, of aglove made Wholly of stretchable material with myimprovements applied.Fig. 3 is a local section, on a larger scale, on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Figs. 4 to 6 are similar views of a glove only partly made ofstretchable material.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, c indicates the portion of the glove made from anyof the stretchable materials usually employed for gloves, such as aknitted fabric, soft leather, or the like. In this instance the wholeglove is made of such material. d indicates strips of comparativelyinextensible material, such as leather, secured along their longitudinaledges to the glove, and e indicatesa Wristband of similar material,which is shown as consisting of a piece of inextensible material sewedto the back of the Wrist of the gloves, but having a free end e at thefront provided with a fastening device e2, cooperating with a fasteningdevice e3. By these devices when the glove is fitted to the hand it maybe tightly held at the wrist, and thus the strips d will. be held firmlyat their base and prevented from moving outwardly from between thefingers. 0L indicates a strip of ineXtensible material Which is sewed tothe Wristband e on the back of the glove, extends between the forefingerand the thumb, and is attached to the adjacent strip d in the mannerindicated in Fig. 1.

In the glove shown in Figs. 4 to 6 the Wristband b' is made in one piecewith a portion I), Which is made from any of the ordinary lessstretchable materials, b in this instance indicating soft leather. Thestrips Z2 in Figs. 4 to 6 are made of inextensible material, areattached at c to the more solid material forming the palm of the glove,and are sewed along their longitudinal edges to the back' of the glove.ci' in Figs. 5 and 6 indicates stretchable. material for the back of theglove. Fastening devices of ordinary construction are employed to securethe glove firmly at the Wrist, and this Will prevent the strips Z2 frommoving outwardly from between the fingers.

In both forms illustrated the gloves 'are reinforced by the longitudinalstrips Z or d 2, the ends of Which at the back of the glove are fastenedat the Wristband and are sewed both to it and to the fabric a or c. InFigs. 1 to 3 the front ends of the strips are sewed to the fabric a atthe point covered by the Wristband, While in Figs. 4 to 6 they are sewedto the forgette between the lingers.

1. The combination of a glove, the back of which is made of stretchablematerial, longitudinal strips of comparatively ineXtensible materialsewed to the outside of the glove eX- tending from the back of theWristand passing between the fingers, a Wristband of comparativelyineXtensible material to the back IOO of Which the strips are securedand fastening devices for holding the Wristband iirmly around the Wristto support the longitudinal strips.

2. The combination of a glove, the back and front of which are made ofStretchable material, longitudinal strips seWed to the outside of theglove passing between the lingers and extending from the back to thefront of the Wrist, and a Wristband of comparatively inextensiblematerial to the back of Whicli the strips are secured, and fasteningdevices for holding the Wristband iirmly around the Wrist to support thelongitudinal strips.

3. The combination of a glove and longitui dinal strips applied to theoutside of the glove front of Which are made of relatively stretchablematerial, strips of relatively inextensible material passing between thefingers and extending from the back to the front ot' the Wrist, and aWristband of comparatively inextensible material to which ends of thestrips are secured.

5. The combination of a glove, the back of Which is made of stretchablematerial, a Wristband of comparatively inextensible material, strips ofinextensible material extending from between the fingers to theWristband, and another strip of inextensible material extending from theWristband along the back of the glove between the thumb and the firstnger and connected With the front of the glove.

HENRY URWICK.

Witnesses: I JOHN GLEWS, ALBERT EDWAID BURBIDGE.

